In the process of glycolysis one molecule of _______ is converted to two molecules of __________.
a) sucrose, starch
b) glucose, pyruvate
c) pyruvate, citrate
d) NADH, NAD
e) glucose, carbon dioxide
Glycolysis is a linear metabolic pathway of enzyme-catalyzed reactions that convert glucose into two molecules of pyruvate in the presence of oxygen or into two molecules of lactate in the absence of oxygen.